Feer, L.

PersonType	Category:Authors of French Works Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Léon
LastName / namelast	Feer
MainNamePhon	Léon Feer
SortName	Feer, Léon
bio	Henri-Léon Feer, born in Rouen on November 22, 1830 and died in Paris on March 10, 1902, was a French linguist and orientalist . Léon Feer studied at the Royal College (then high school) in Rouen (1842-49). He learned Persian at the School of Oriental Languages ​​with E. Quatremère as a teacher, then Sanskrit at the College de France with Philippe-Édouard Foucaux. He became a professor at the School of Oriental Languages ​​in 1864, succeeding Philippe-Édouard Foucaux in the Chair of Tibetan and in 1872 librarian in the manuscripts department of the National Library. He participated in the Congresses of Orientalists in Paris (1873), London (1874), Leiden (1883), Vienna (1886), Stockholm (1889) and Geneva (1894). He also became a member of the council of the Indo-Chinese Academic Society , and published, in addition to books, articles in numerous journals. A specialist in Sanskrit , also knowing Tibetan , Mongolian and Pali , he translated many ancient texts (notably the Tibetan Kanjur ). (Source Accessed Aug 29, 2023)
YearBirth	1830
YearDeath	1902
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